Monday - Tuesday Alliteration in poetry - students will read and write poetry using alliteration. Personification in poetry - students will read and write poetry using personification. Repetition in poetry - students will read and write poetry using repetition. Imagery in poetry - students will read and write poetry using imagery. This is Just to Say Poetry
Wednesday - Thursday
Students will use story jumper to create a poetry book.
Review the novel Introduce character poster project - due next Friday Test tomorrow
Friday
The Trouble with Lemons test
Week of April 10th
Monday
Review The Trouble with Lemons Read pages 69 - 88 of The Trouble with Lemons
Tuesday
Review pages 69 - 88
Read pages 89 - 108
Wednesday
Review pages 89 -108
Read pages 109 - 135
Thursday
Review pages 109 - 135
Read pages 136 - 155
Friday
Easter Break
Week of April 3rd
Monday
Review PSSA test strategies
Review PSSA schedules The Trouble with Lemons character review
Tuesday
Read pages 69 - 88 of The Trouble with Lemons
Wednesday
Review pages 69 - 88
Read pages 89 - 108
Thursday
Review pages 89 -108
Read pages 109 - 135
Friday
Review pages 109 - 135
Read pages 136 - 155
Week of March 27th
Monday - Tuesday
Students will revise and edit a peer's narrative poem. Students will work on a final copy of a narrative poem.
Wednesday
Introduction to A Trouble with Lemons Read chapters one and two- students will write a sticky note for each chapter - a statement of summary and a reflection statement
Thursday
Review chapters one and two
Read chapter three
Friday
Review chapter three
Read chapters four - seven
Week of March 20th
Monday - Tuesday Rhyme, rhythm and "Annabel Lee" Students will write their own poem with rhyme and rhythm.
Wednesday - Thursday Argumentative writing prompts and rubric. Argumentative practice writing piece. Review exemplar argumentatives
Friday Reading Day
Week of March 13th
Monday - Tuesday
Reading and Writing Poetry "Names" by Billy Collins and free verse, imagery and memorials. Students will write their own poem as a memorial.
Wednesday - Thursday
Informative writing prompts and rubric. Informative practice writing piece. Review Exemplar Informatives
Friday
Reading Day - AR Due
Week of March 6th
Monday
Unit Nine Vocabulary Due - Review
Tuesday
Unit Nine Vocabulary Test
Wednesday - Thursday
Introduction to PSSA writing prompts and rubric. Narrative Practice Writing Piece Review Exemplar Narratives
Friday
Reading Day.
Week of February 27th
Monday
Introduction to Unit Nine Vocabulary - Due next Monday
Tuesday - Wednesday
PSSA Question of the Day Review Lance Armstrong TDA Review argument and evaluating reasoning MUTT and respond to "Athletes Salaries are not Overly Exorbitant" and "Do Professional Athletes get paid too much?" MUTT and respond to "Why We Shouldn't Go To Mars"
Thursday
Test on Arguments and Selections
Friday
Study Island - Organizing Ideas and Transitions
Week of February 20th
Monday
No School
Tuesday - Wednesday
PSSA Questions of the Day Read "It's not about the bike" and "23 Days in July" and respond to the margin questions. Students will discuss and define author's purpose and theme.
Thursday
TDA and Selection Test
Friday
Study Island Topics - Organizing Ideas and Transitions
Week of February 13th
Monday - Wednesday
Journal
With a partner, students will describe and find examples of PSSA literary devices. They will use these definitions and examples to create a skit/song to present to the class on Wednesday.
Thursday
Reading Day
Friday
No School
Week of February 6th
Monday - Tuesday
Journal Share CDT results PSSA Question of the Day Discuss Theme Read "What do Fish Have To Do with Anything?" and respond to the questions in the margins.
Wednesday
PSSA Question of the Day Review "What do Fish Have To Do with Anything?"
Thursday
Test on "What do Fish Have To Do with Anything?"
Friday
Study Island Topics - Verbs and Run-ons and Fragments
Week of January 23rd
Monday - Thursday
Journal
PSSA Question of the day
Continue reading of Brian's Song
Friday
Reading Day
Week of January 16th
Monday
No School - Teacher In Service
Tuesday - Thursday
Journal
PSSA Question of the day
Continue class reading of Brian's Song
Friday
Study Island - Modifiers and Pronouns
Week of January 9th
Monday
Review Unit 8 Vocabulary
Review PSSA question of the day
Tuesday
Unit 8 Vocabulary test
Wednesday - Thursday
Journal
PSSA question of the day
Introduction to drama Brian's Song
Friday
Reading Day
Week of January 2nd
Monday
Introduction to Unit 8 Vocabulary
Tuesday
Review PSSA question type and questions about writing
Wednesday - Friday
CDTs
Week of December 19th
Monday
Unit Seven Vocabulary Due
Review for Skit Presentations
Tuesday
Skit Presentations
Review for Vocabulary Test
Wednesday
Unit Seven Vocabulary Test
Thursday
Reading Day
Friday
Period 3 - No Class - Early Dismissal
Period 4 - Reading Day/Study Island
Week of December 12th
Monday
Introduction to Unit Seven Vocabulary
Tuesday - Thursday
Introduction to creation myth and mythology. Students will read "Prometheus" and "Orpheus" and discuss as a class. In groups, students will create a creation myth and write a skit about that myth. Students will perform that skit for the class.
Friday
Study Island Topics - Phrases and Clauses and Varied Sentence Structure
Week of December 5th
Monday
Unit Six Vocabulary Due
Tuesday
Unit Six Vocabulary Test
Wednesday - Thursday
Text Dependent Analysis
Students will read "Papa's Parrot" and respond to a TDA
Students will peer review each other's TDA
Friday
Study Island Assignments: Task, Audience and Purpose and Precise Language and Sensory Details
Week of November 28th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit Six Vocabulary
Wednesday - Thursday
Introduce and discuss third person point of view
Students will read "A Retrieved Reformation" and discuss importance of third person point of view.
Friday
Selection test on "A Retrieved Reformation"
Week of November 21st
Monday
Unit Five Vocabulary Packet Due
Tuesday
Unit Five Vocabulary Test
Wednesday
Study Island Topics: Transitions and Organizing Ideas
Thursday - Friday
No School - Thanksgiving Break
Week of November 14th
Monday
Finish reading of argumentative essays.
Introduction to "The Scholarship Jacket" - Margin questions due on Wednesday
Tuesday
Introduction to unit five vocabulary
Wednesday
Review "The Scholarship Jacket"
Thursday
Selection Test on "The Scholarship Jacket"
Friday
Study Island Topics: Transitions and Organizing Ideas
Week of November 7th
Monday
Unit four vocabulary due
Review for vocabulary test tomorrow
Tuesday
Unit four vocabulary test
Wednesday - Thursday
Students will present argumentative podcasts to the class
Friday
No school - Parent/teacher conferences
Week of October 31st
Monday
Rough draft of argument due
Introduction to Unit Four Vocabulary
Tuesday
Peer review argument - second draft due on Wednesday.
Wednesday - Thursday
Students will film a podcast of their essay as a final draft - presentation of those drafts on Monday.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of October 24th
Monday
Unit Three Vocabulary Due
Tuesday
Unit Three Vocabulary Test
Wednesday - Thursday
Introduction to argumentative writing. Students will write an argument responding to the prompt on page 163. Prewriting activity due on Thursday and rough draft due on Monday.
Friday
Study Island Day - Pretest/Introducing and closing topics/Supporting and Developing topics
Week of October 17th
Monday
Introduction to Unit Three Vocabulary Words - Due on Monday
Tuesday - Friday
With a partner, students will read the selection, "Thank You, Ma'am." Students will then create a skit where they explain the five elements of story (plot, character, setting, point of view and theme) and how they are used in the selection. They will prepare Tuesday - Thursday and present on Friday.
Week of October 10th
Monday
No School - teacher in service
Tuesday
Review "Rikki-tikki-tavi" and a plot triangle.
Wednesday
Test on "Rikki-tikki-tavi"
Thursday
Introduction to Unit Three vocabulary words - due next Thursday
Friday
Reading Day
Week of October 3rd
Monday
Journal
Unit Two Vocabulary Packet Due
Review Unit Two Words
Tuesday
Unit Two Vocabulary test
Wednesday - Friday
Introduction to using suspense in story.
Partner read "Rikki-tikki-tavi."
Week of September 26th
Monday
Introduction to Unit 2 Vocabulary.
Tuesday
Rachel's Challenge Field Trip
Wednesday - Friday
CDTs
Week of September 19th
Monday - Tuesday
How does setting effect plot? Read and review "The Last Dog" with a partner.
Wednesday - Thursday
Review "The Last Dog"
Setting Graphic Organizers
Plot Triangle and "The Last Dog"
Friday
Test on "The Last Dog."
Week of September 12th
Monday - Wednesday
Introduce MUTTin up the text. Students will read "Seventh Grade" Review "Seventh Grade" and the plot triangle.
Thursday
Test on "Seventh Grade"
Friday
Reading Day
Week of September 6th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Rough Draft of Narrative Essay Due
Peer Editing/Review
Wednesday
Students will write a final copy of their Narrative Essay.
Thursday
Unit One Vocabulary Due
Friday
Unit One Vocabulary Test
AR
Week of August 29th
Monday
Present I Am Poems to the class.
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit One Vocabulary
Review The Writing Process
Wednesday
Introduction to Narrative Writing.
Introduction to Prewriting
Thursday
Students will write a rough draft of a narrative essay.
Friday
Students will finish narrative draft
Study Island Pretest
Vocabulary Unit One Review Week of August 22nd
Monday - Tuesday
No School
Wednesday
Welcome back to school!
Introduction to Journals
Classroom Expectations
Appropriate Use of Personal Devices
Remind 101
Thursday
I Am Poem Introduction
Students will work on I Am Poem
Monday - Tuesday
Alliteration in poetry - students will read and write poetry using alliteration.
Personification in poetry - students will read and write poetry using personification.
Repetition in poetry - students will read and write poetry using repetition.
Imagery in poetry - students will read and write poetry using imagery.
This is Just to Say Poetry
Wednesday - Thursday
Students will use story jumper to create a poetry book.
Friday
Awards Day
Fun Day
Week of May 8th
Monday - Friday
Social Studies Research Project
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Week of May 1st
Monday - Friday
Social Studies Research Project
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Week of April 24th
Monday - Friday
Social Studies Research Project
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Week of April 17th
Monday - Tuesday
No School - Easter Break
Wednesday
Review pages 136 - 155
Finish the novel
Thursday
Review the novel
Introduce character poster project - due next Friday
Test tomorrow
Friday
The Trouble with Lemons test
Week of April 10th
Monday
Review The Trouble with Lemons
Read pages 69 - 88 of The Trouble with Lemons
Tuesday
Review pages 69 - 88
Read pages 89 - 108
Wednesday
Review pages 89 -108
Read pages 109 - 135
Thursday
Review pages 109 - 135
Read pages 136 - 155
Friday
Easter Break
Week of April 3rd
Monday
Review PSSA test strategies
Review PSSA schedules
The Trouble with Lemons character review
Tuesday
Read pages 69 - 88 of The Trouble with Lemons
Wednesday
Review pages 69 - 88
Read pages 89 - 108
Thursday
Review pages 89 -108
Read pages 109 - 135
Friday
Review pages 109 - 135
Read pages 136 - 155
Week of March 27th
Monday - Tuesday
Students will revise and edit a peer's narrative poem.
Students will work on a final copy of a narrative poem.
Wednesday
Introduction to A Trouble with Lemons
Read chapters one and two- students will write a sticky note for each chapter - a statement of summary and a reflection statement
Thursday
Review chapters one and two
Read chapter three
Friday
Review chapter three
Read chapters four - seven
Week of March 20th
Monday - Tuesday
Rhyme, rhythm and "Annabel Lee"
Students will write their own poem with rhyme and rhythm.
Wednesday - Thursday
Argumentative writing prompts and rubric.
Argumentative practice writing piece.
Review exemplar argumentatives
Friday
Reading Day
Week of March 13th
Monday - Tuesday
Reading and Writing Poetry
"Names" by Billy Collins and free verse, imagery and memorials.
Students will write their own poem as a memorial.
Wednesday - Thursday
Informative writing prompts and rubric.
Informative practice writing piece.
Review Exemplar Informatives
Friday
Reading Day - AR Due
Week of March 6th
Monday
Unit Nine Vocabulary Due - Review
Tuesday
Unit Nine Vocabulary Test
Wednesday - Thursday
Introduction to PSSA writing prompts and rubric.
Narrative Practice Writing Piece
Review Exemplar Narratives
Friday
Reading Day.
Week of February 27th
Monday
Introduction to Unit Nine Vocabulary - Due next Monday
Tuesday - Wednesday
PSSA Question of the Day
Review Lance Armstrong TDA
Review argument and evaluating reasoning
MUTT and respond to "Athletes Salaries are not Overly Exorbitant" and "Do Professional Athletes get paid too much?"
MUTT and respond to "Why We Shouldn't Go To Mars"
Thursday
Test on Arguments and Selections
Friday
Study Island - Organizing Ideas and Transitions
Week of February 20th
Monday
No School
Tuesday - Wednesday
PSSA Questions of the Day
Read "It's not about the bike" and "23 Days in July" and respond to the margin questions.
Students will discuss and define author's purpose and theme.
Thursday
TDA and Selection Test
Friday
Study Island Topics - Organizing Ideas and Transitions
Week of February 13th
Monday - Wednesday
Journal
With a partner, students will describe and find examples of PSSA literary devices. They will use these definitions and examples to create a skit/song to present to the class on Wednesday.
Thursday
Reading Day
Friday
No School
Week of February 6th
Monday - Tuesday
Journal
Share CDT results
PSSA Question of the Day
Discuss Theme
Read "What do Fish Have To Do with Anything?" and respond to the questions in the margins.
Wednesday
PSSA Question of the Day
Review "What do Fish Have To Do with Anything?"
Thursday
Test on "What do Fish Have To Do with Anything?"
Friday
Study Island Topics - Verbs and Run-ons and Fragments
Week of January 23rd
Monday - Thursday
Journal
PSSA Question of the day
Continue reading of Brian's Song
Friday
Reading Day
Week of January 16th
Monday
No School - Teacher In Service
Tuesday - Thursday
Journal
PSSA Question of the day
Continue class reading of Brian's Song
Friday
Study Island - Modifiers and Pronouns
Week of January 9th
Monday
Review Unit 8 Vocabulary
Review PSSA question of the day
Tuesday
Unit 8 Vocabulary test
Wednesday - Thursday
Journal
PSSA question of the day
Introduction to drama
Brian's Song
Friday
Reading Day
Week of January 2nd
Monday
Introduction to Unit 8 Vocabulary
Tuesday
Review PSSA question type and questions about writing
Wednesday - Friday
CDTs
Week of December 19th
Monday
Unit Seven Vocabulary Due
Review for Skit Presentations
Tuesday
Skit Presentations
Review for Vocabulary Test
Wednesday
Unit Seven Vocabulary Test
Thursday
Reading Day
Friday
Period 3 - No Class - Early Dismissal
Period 4 - Reading Day/Study Island
Week of December 12th
Monday
Introduction to Unit Seven Vocabulary
Tuesday - Thursday
Introduction to creation myth and mythology.
Students will read "Prometheus" and "Orpheus" and discuss as a class.
In groups, students will create a creation myth and write a skit about that myth.
Students will perform that skit for the class.
Friday
Study Island Topics - Phrases and Clauses and Varied Sentence Structure
Week of December 5th
Monday
Unit Six Vocabulary Due
Tuesday
Unit Six Vocabulary Test
Wednesday - Thursday
Text Dependent Analysis
Students will read "Papa's Parrot" and respond to a TDA
Students will peer review each other's TDA
Friday
Study Island Assignments: Task, Audience and Purpose and Precise Language and Sensory Details
Week of November 28th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit Six Vocabulary
Wednesday - Thursday
Introduce and discuss third person point of view
Students will read "A Retrieved Reformation" and discuss importance of third person point of view.
Friday
Selection test on "A Retrieved Reformation"
Week of November 21st
Monday
Unit Five Vocabulary Packet Due
Tuesday
Unit Five Vocabulary Test
Wednesday
Study Island Topics: Transitions and Organizing Ideas
Thursday - Friday
No School - Thanksgiving Break
Week of November 14th
Monday
Finish reading of argumentative essays.
Introduction to "The Scholarship Jacket" - Margin questions due on Wednesday
Tuesday
Introduction to unit five vocabulary
Wednesday
Review "The Scholarship Jacket"
Thursday
Selection Test on "The Scholarship Jacket"
Friday
Study Island Topics: Transitions and Organizing Ideas
Week of November 7th
Monday
Unit four vocabulary due
Review for vocabulary test tomorrow
Tuesday
Unit four vocabulary test
Wednesday - Thursday
Students will present argumentative podcasts to the class
Friday
No school - Parent/teacher conferences
Week of October 31st
Monday
Rough draft of argument due
Introduction to Unit Four Vocabulary
Tuesday
Peer review argument - second draft due on Wednesday.
Wednesday - Thursday
Students will film a podcast of their essay as a final draft - presentation of those drafts on Monday.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of October 24th
Monday
Unit Three Vocabulary Due
Tuesday
Unit Three Vocabulary Test
Wednesday - Thursday
Introduction to argumentative writing.
Students will write an argument responding to the prompt on page 163.
Prewriting activity due on Thursday and rough draft due on Monday.
Friday
Study Island Day - Pretest/Introducing and closing topics/Supporting and Developing topics
Week of October 17th
Monday
Introduction to Unit Three Vocabulary Words - Due on Monday
Tuesday - Friday
With a partner, students will read the selection, "Thank You, Ma'am." Students will then create a skit where they explain the five elements of story (plot, character, setting, point of view and theme) and how they are used in the selection. They will prepare Tuesday - Thursday and present on Friday.
Week of October 10th
Monday
No School - teacher in service
Tuesday
Review "Rikki-tikki-tavi" and a plot triangle.
Wednesday
Test on "Rikki-tikki-tavi"
Thursday
Introduction to Unit Three vocabulary words - due next Thursday
Friday
Reading Day
Week of October 3rd
Monday
Journal
Unit Two Vocabulary Packet Due
Review Unit Two Words
Tuesday
Unit Two Vocabulary test
Wednesday - Friday
Introduction to using suspense in story.
Partner read "Rikki-tikki-tavi."
Week of September 26th
Monday
Introduction to Unit 2 Vocabulary.
Tuesday
Rachel's Challenge Field Trip
Wednesday - Friday
CDTs
Week of September 19th
Monday - Tuesday
How does setting effect plot?
Read and review "The Last Dog" with a partner.
Wednesday - Thursday
Review "The Last Dog"
Setting Graphic Organizers
Plot Triangle and "The Last Dog"
Friday
Test on "The Last Dog."
Week of September 12th
Monday - Wednesday
Introduce MUTTin up the text.
Students will read "Seventh Grade"
Review "Seventh Grade" and the plot triangle.
Thursday
Test on "Seventh Grade"
Friday
Reading Day
Week of September 6th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Rough Draft of Narrative Essay Due
Peer Editing/Review
Wednesday
Students will write a final copy of their Narrative Essay.
Thursday
Unit One Vocabulary Due
Friday
Unit One Vocabulary Test
AR
Week of August 29th
Monday
Present I Am Poems to the class.
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit One Vocabulary
Review The Writing Process
Wednesday
Introduction to Narrative Writing.
Introduction to Prewriting
Thursday
Students will write a rough draft of a narrative essay.
Friday
Students will finish narrative draft
Study Island Pretest
Vocabulary Unit One Review
Week of August 22nd
Monday - Tuesday
No School
Wednesday
Welcome back to school!
Introduction to Journals
Classroom Expectations
Appropriate Use of Personal Devices
Remind 101
Thursday
I Am Poem Introduction
Students will work on I Am Poem
Friday
Library/AR Day